Week starting on the 20th May 2018

Published by AFAN in News · 18 May 2018

HOLY CROSS CHURCH

208 Sangley Road

Catford, London, SE6 2JS

Tel: 020 8698 3672

Email: parish@holycross-catford.org.uk

Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk

Part of RC Archdiocese of Southwark

Registered charity number: 1173050

Parish Priest: Fr Doug Bull

MASS TIMES

Monday-Thursday: 9.15am

Friday 8pm

Saturday: 6.30pm Vigil Mass

Sunday: 10.00am & 11.30am

Reconciliation: Saturday 6pm

HARTLEY HALL

PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE

Culverley Road, SE6 2LD

Tel: 020 8698 3672

Email: [email protected]

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT

The Community of Ahotokurom, Ghana.

www.ahoto.org

PARISH ADMINISTRATOR:

Mrs Mary Baldwin

Tel: 020 8698 3672

Email: [email protected]

HOLY CROSS SCHOOL

Headteacher: Miss Mary Collins

Tel: 020 8698 2675 Fax: 020 8697 7137

Email : [email protected]

Website : www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk

St Vincent De Paul Number

07835188411

Safeguarding Line

07598524024

Special Ministers of Holy Communion

This weekend 3^rd Sunday (19^th/20^th May )

6.30pm Pat Healy, Bridgette Laing , Chris Joyce

1) Jenushan Justin 2) Reuben Gabriel P) Maureen Gabriel

10am Gwen Williams, Marian Perez, Francisca Dunbar, Elena Travers, Marco Munoz.

1^st Gillian Yip, 2^nd Rob Dunbar, P Bina Augustin

11.30am Debo Akinbode, Pat Ellis ,Barbara Heathcote, Phil Loughnane, Vacant.

1) Vacant 2^ndMerlyn Clark, P Mitchelle Mbaeri

Next weekend 4^th Sunday (26^th/27^th May )

6.30pm Denise Coutino, Beatrice Orodje, Prexy Rajendram

1) Vacant 2) Vacant P) Margaret Folkes

10am Dilys Grant , Shirley Lench Phil Umerah Victor Santhiapillai, Wendy Abiola.

1) Millie Lemonius, 2)Brendan Downton P Scouts / Cath Sanderson

11.30 John Ogunbadawa, Kate Middleton, Frank Afful, Vera Onongaya

1) Petrina Douglas 2) Rosa Candita Simpkins P) Vacant

FINANCE £1425.10 World communication £116.80

Many Thanks

Sat 6.30 Peggy Jones RIP (Conroy)

Sun Pentecost Sunday (19^th/20^th May)

10.00 Mary Monaghan RIP (Monaghan)

11.30 Patrick Gainey RIP (Anne)

Mon Mary, Mother of the Church

9.15 Mina Bernardi RIP (Bernardi)

9.40 Rosary

Tue 9.15 Theresa Green RIP (Hubbard)

9.40 Rosary

Wed 8.50 Rosary

9.15 Francesca Candita Simpkins RIP

9.40 Divine Mercy

Thur Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal

High Priest

9.15 Lucy Solan McMorrow

9.40 Rosary

7pm Reception of Celia Ndely RIP

Fri St Bede the Venerable

10am Funeral Mass Celia Ndely RIP

Please note - No evening Mass

Sat 6.30 Vera Onongaya (Exams)

Sun Trinity Sunday (26th/27^th May)

10.00 Herve Tiero & Emelienne Dago

(Dago)

11.30 Olimpia Cominetti RIP (Cominetti)

11.30 Welcome Bailey David Martin

Jasmine Beau Martin

Joshua David Agah

12.30 Baptism Bailey David Martin

Jasmine Beau Martin

Joshua David Agah

DECEASED

Mrs Celia Ndeley will be brought into the church on Thursday 24^th May at 7pm and the funeral is on Friday 25^th May at 10am.

Olimpia Cominetti will be received in to the Church on Tuesday 29^th May at 4.30pm and the funeral will be on Wednesday 30^th May at 10.30am. May they rest in peace…

CONGRATULATIONS

…To the following candidates who were confirmed by Bishop Patrick Lynch today

(19^th May)

…Daniella Beldia, Beatrice Candita-Simpkins, Grace Downton, Jessica Erangey,

Hannah Forde, Michael-Angelo Gamilde, Robert Goulbourne, Adetola Ijiyode, Rahel Jeul, Ruth Johnson, Michaela Konan, Oba Kwokori, Renzo Mayomi, Jean-Yohann Miezan, Joshua Muiruri, Ertan Nurcin, Joy Olisa, Sean O’Sullivan, Sarah Umerah, Lauryn Williams-Lewis

Thank you to the Catechists and the group administrator for all their hard work and the time they have given to support these candidates in their journey.

MORE CONGRATULATIONS

…to the following candidates who will be making their First Holy Communion this weekend.

Ada Gifford, Lillian Allen, Conan Beirne,

Lucas Dyson, Amparo Daquilema-Berrones,

Faith Charbonneau, Emmanuelle-Marie Anguibi, Lucia Wallis, Annie Bradley,

Fabian Zak, Elliot Summerford, Spencer Onwuegbuzie, Paolo Lala, Marcus Nelson, Nathaniel Emmanuel, Mat Jegorvas, Idowu Ijiyode, Jayden Mariyathas, Kaylin Mariathas.

Another thank you to the catechists in this group for all their hard work.

How lucky we are in this Parish!

SPECIAL MINISTERS AND READERS

Thank you to all those Readers and Special Ministers who indicated their willingness to continue on the rota. There are a number of new Readers and Special Ministers that we will now slot into the gaps. If you did not manage to sign in but still want to be on the rotas please let [email protected] know, otherwise it will be presumed that you wish to step aside. The New Rota will be introduced at the end of June. Watch the Newsletter.

ATTENTION HARTLEY HALL KEYHOLDERS & GROUP LEADERS

If you have accidentally removed the remote control for the PowerPoint projector from the cupboard can you please return it.

Many Thanks Fr Doug

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES

This year’s parish sponsored walk for our charity in Ahotokurom Ghana will be on 30th June starting at the bandstand in Greenwich and walking back to Hartley Hall

ALL CHANGE!

The Parent & Toddler group will be changing their hours on a Wednesday following half-term. The new time will be 9am until 11am from Wednesday 6^th June.

The TTT Team

….would like to offer you these prayer resources for Mental Health awareness week from pray-as-you-go follow the link.

https://pray-as-you-go.org/prayer-resources/mental-health-awareness/

DEANERY YOUTH FOOTBALL AND TABLE TENNIS COMPETITIONS

Would YOU like to take part in the Deanery football competition (under 15) to be held on the 30th of June and/or the table tennis competitions (under 15 and over 15) to be held on 21 July to represent Holy Cross parish? Please put your name on the lists at the back of the church and send your contact details in an email to Fr Doug at [email protected]

GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION.

As you may all be aware there is new legislation coming into force on 25^th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation, which is going to impact on all of us. One of the responsibilities we will now have to undertake is to know who has access to the personal information we hold in the parish. A great number of you currently volunteer for the parish or may have done so in the past and may have some personal information at your home in a file and/or on a PC or laptop. Please could you let the parish secretary know if this applies to you so that we can let you know what actions you will need to take going forward. The Archbishop is encouraging all of us to help implement these changes. Thank you in advance for your co-operation.

You will also notice some changes over the coming weeks in the Parish Newsletter; particularly in Mass intentions, and our list of the sick and those visited by Special Ministers with Holy Communion. This is because we will need the permission from the person concerned to list their name.

When the Parish Census takes place we hope to get permission from parishioners to ensure that we can continue with our usual parish activities, at the same time complying with the new legislation.

Pentecost Sunday May 19/20, 2018

Today we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit, the birth of the Church and the beginning of its mission in the world. Pentecost Sunday reminds us that our lives are filled with the Holy Spirit and God has accomplished creative things in us through this gift. We have been entrusted with this great gift of the Holy Spirit. Now is a good time to ask: Are we being good stewards of this gift? What creative things have we done to glorify God’s accomplishments in us?

THOUGHT FROM MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK

God works through broken vessels